# Tacoma

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /təˈkoʊmə/ · frequency rank #20,244

## Definitions
1. A city, the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States.
2. An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.
3. An unincorporated community and coal town in Wise County, Virginia, United States.
4. Former name of Mount Rainier.
5. A suburb in the Central Coast region, New South Wales, Australia.

## Etymology
From earlier Takhoma (“the area south of Seattle”), borrowed from Lushootseed təˈkhoʊʔməʔ, təlˈkhoʊʔbəʔ, təloʊʔl (the area surrounding Mount Rainier), from təˡqʷuʔbəʔ (“mother of waters”) in a direct reference to Mount Rainier.

## Easily confused with
- **tama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tacoma-vs-tama)
- **toma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tacoma-vs-toma)
- **taco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taco-vs-tacoma)

## Common misspellings (8)
`atcoma`, `taccoma`, `tacmoa`, `tacoam`, `tacomma`, `taocma`, `tcaoma`, `ttacoma`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tacoma